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Teddy Bear/Loving You

RCA 1013

Track Listing:

Side 1:
  1. (Let me be your) Teddy Bear

Side 2:
  1.
Loving You

RCA 1013 (78rpm)

Released: July 1957:

mono (12)

This was the first Elvis single released by RCA in the U.K. The pressing of Presley product was now in the hands of Decca.

This meant that you could purchase Elvis records issued by two different labels at the same time as HMV were still releasing Elvis product in England until September 1958.

Tracks taken from the 10" LP:

'Loving You' (RC 24001)

Factory Sample/Demo/Promo

Black Label - RCA Large Silver Dot Logo - Triangle Centre

Black Label - RCA Large Silver Dot Logo - Knockout Centre

Black Label - RCA Victor Small Silver Dot Logo

This single entered the UK charts on July 18, 1957, peaking at no. 3.

Chart Run: (19 Weeks) (Teddy Bear)

18/07/1957 - 13

25/07/1957 - 07

01/08/1957 - 04

08/08/1957 - 03

15/08/1957 - 06

22/08/1957 - 03

29/08/1957 - 05

05/09/1957 - 07

12/09/1957 - 10

19/09/1957 - 12

26/09/1957 - 13

03/10/1957 - 16

10/10/1957 - 12

17/10/1957 - 12

24/10/1957 - 13

31/10/1957 - 09

07/11/1957 - 12

14/11/1957 - 15

21/11/1957 - 22

Chart Run: (2 Weeks) (Loving You)

07/11/1957 - 24

14/11/1957 - 30

Information: www.officialcharts.com

Recording Information:

Teddy Bear

(January 16, 1957: Paramount Sound Stage, Hollywood, California)

Loving You

(February 24, 1957: Radio Recorders, Studio 1, Hollywood, California)

RCA Flyer.jpg

Elvis UK: First RCA Single Flyer

used by kind permission: (Thanks to Scott Matthews)

Record Mirror:  W/E July 13, 1957

RCA Flyer.jpg
RCA Flyer 2.jpg

Elvis UK: RCA RECORDS Flyer

(September 13, 1957)

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